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胡荽

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  1. 1.coriander; cilantro

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  1. 1.coriander

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Etymology

Mentioned by Zhang Hua 張華 (232–300), Shi Chong 石崇 (249–300), and Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303). Phono-semantic matching of an Iranian word (Laufer, 1967). Compare Old Chinese /*gˤa s.nuj/ with gšnyc (gišnīz, “coriander”), kšnyc (kišnīz), whence Modern Persian گشنیز (gešniz, “coriander”).

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